Improvement in suspenders



A. R.- WA R R EN'.

Suspenders.

N.PETERS. PHOTO-LITHQGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

Paxenred sept. 21', 1875.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEo AARON R. WARREN, OF LAWRENCE,MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SUSPENDERS. Y

' Specificationgforming part of Letters Patent No.. 167,96 l datedSeptember 21, 1875; application filed June 15, 1875.

Figure l is a view ot' Suspenders, with my` improvement. Fig. 2 is avertical section taken through the dorsal straps.

My invention relates to Suspenders provided not only with straps forsupporting the trowsers of a person, but with others for Supporting hisdrawers.

In carrying out my invention, I provide the drawers buttoning strapswith buckles, and buckle them directly upon the dorsal and shoulderstraps, as the pantaloon straps are Abacked to such dorsal and shoulderstraps.

In the drawings, A A denote the shoulderstraps, connected to anddiverging from a dorsal strap, B, which is' run through two buckles, Cl), each of Which I provide with a pair ot' short straps, to extend fromitin manner as represented, such short straps being marked a a and bb,and each, near its outer end, having abutton-hole, c, made in it.Furthermore, I extend from the upper part ot' the dorsal Strap down inrear ot' the buckles C D an auxiliary ydorsal strap, E, which, arrangedwith the buckles in manner as Shown, serves to prevent them from Wearing or soiling the shirt ot' a person while using the suspenders. v

In case it Should be preferred to buckle to one ot' the dorsal strapsone of the dorsal buckles, and to the other dorsal strap the otherdorsal buckle, such a disposition of the buckles may be adopted, insteadof pulling them on one dorsal strap only. l

To each ofthe shoulder-straps A A I apply two buckles, F G, one havingprojected from it two buttoning-straps, cl el. From the other buckleasingle buttoning-str'ap, e, is extended, each of said buttoniug-st'rapsbeing provided With a button-hole, g, near its lower end.

From the above it will be seen that each pair of the trowsersfront-buttoning straps may be adjusted, or have its buckle moved up ordown on the shoulder-strap Without, at the same time, drawing upwardtlienext contiguous drawers-strap, so as to require anyreadjustmentot'it. In fact, the drawers-straps and the trowsers-strapsare adjustable independently ot' each other. Furthermore, it will beseen that in my Suspenders the back-buttoning trowsersstraps areadjustable relatively to the dorsal strap.

In the Suspenders shown in the United States Patent N o. 122,915, theback-bnttoning trowsers straps are not adjustable relatively to theshoulder-straps, the back drawersstraps being adjustable in length.

Inl my Suspenders, the back trowsers-straps are adjustable, and theirbuckle can .be set up or down on the dorsal strap without affecting theadjustment or draft on the back drawers-l Straps.

With the Suspenders shown inthe said patent, when an attempt is made toset up or let down either pair of front buttoning-straps, acorresponding movement of the. drawers- Strap necessarily follows, suchrequiring a readjustment of such drawers-strap.

I do not claim Suspenders provided with drawers-supporting straps inaddition to,

their trowsers-supporting straps; nor do I claim each pair ot'trowsers-supporting straps, and the next contiguous drawers Strap,connected with a single buckle to buckle upon a shoulder-strap, all asshown in the said patent.

I claiml. Suspenders composed of the dorsal and Shoulder straps AAB, thetwo buckles to each ot' them, and the trowsers and drawers buttoningstraps of Said buckles, all arranged and combined Substantially asspecified.

2. In combination with the subject-matter of the above, the auxiliarydorsal strap E, arranged as and for either ot' the purposes set forth.

AARON R. WARREN.

Witnesses R. H. EDDY, J. R. SNOW.

